Parent to Child Intergenerational Transmission of Direct and Indirect Weight and Shape Communication.

ABSTRACT: Parental communication about body weight and shape is associated with offspring's eating behaviors and body image. However, predictors of parental weight/shape communication are less known. The present study explored whether direct (i.e., comments to the child about their weight and encouragement to diet) and indirect (i.e., modeling of the importance of body weight/shape via parent's own dieting and comments about their own weight) communication about weight, shape, and eating from parents in childhood predicted women's direct and indirect communication about weight/shape to their own child in adulthood. Participants were 634 adult mothers who provided retrospective reports of their parents' direct and indirect weight/shape-related communication during childhood. Participants then self-re

SUBMITTER: Ferrer E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12394254 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature